Epitome of the Week Highlights Washington Life and Finances
Retired Brigadier-General Josura K. Bankes dies at 66 from Brights disease. Week records show 197 U.S. and Canada business failures, fifteen more than the prior seven days. Reports cover a Mason letter dispute, the Washington baseball opener, Folger’s health, a Supreme Court decision on federal preference, New York and Syracuse events, a Marion Cooper service, a brutal boxing match, and notable bankruptcies including George Palen & Co and Williston Knight & Co.
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Bright
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Canada
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Folger
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Cook County National Bank
John A. McArthur
Sth
New York Chamber of Commerce
Nathan 8
Morse
Busiess
New York Daily News
Eary
Wilson
Hartwick
Otsego County
N. Y
W. H. H. Murray
San Antonio
Tex
New York
Janes’s. Lyox
Buffalo
Bork
Herman Barwich
Miss McLain
Barwick
Lawrence & Asher, Stationers
Jay Gould
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Peter Cooper
Tom Savin
Cavanagh
Nanticoke
Slavin
Williston, Knight & Co
Sih
George Palen & Co
Multiple International Crises and Local Tragedies Reported
A West Union West Virginia triple murder spurs robbery motive claims by a vagrant Harper. Indiana Anti Monopolists plan a June State Convention in Indianapolis. Baton Rouge editor W A Le Seur shot and died. Industrial and political turmoil across Europe and Americas appears in railway, grain, and legal notices with fires, floods, and executions shaping the week.
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West Union
W. Va
Barney Doyle
Harper
Indiana
Indianapolis
Baton Rouge
W. A. le Seur
Capitation Advocate
W. T. Sanders
Southwestern Railway Association
C. H. Coy & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Ended in flames at Ende Hotel disaster
A three story Ende Hotel collapse near Abide of One Victim to Escape the slow ef Roses ee 26 reENvacuE in Texas. April Saturday morning a dreadful calamity struck as the building fell with a terrible crash. Victims burned or crushed were Louis Albert Jennitrastor Frank West and R B Neals with Lou Davis and Ford among the injured. Survivors include W D Pruitt Dr K Turner and Percy V e. A telegraph to Sherman sent a fire engine arriving at daylight. Firefighters fought flames for six hours but no lives were saved. The cause remains uncertain but an explosion in a hardware store is suspected.
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Vignaux
Schaefer
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Cincinnati
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Tenn
Galena
Empire City
Kan
Ohio
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Tte
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Fla
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Ende House
Greenville
Texas
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Tar Atlantic Milling Company
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Mississippi
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Supreme Court of Illinois
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Ala
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Tex
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Shy Pra
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Frank West
R. B. Neals
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ME Ford
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Crus
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Te K. Turner
Percy
W. McClure
Tennessee
Fred Ende
Turner
Sherman
James Ormstead
Gee & Wilson
H. Lowenstein
Dynamite Plant Raid in Birmingham Sparks Arrests
A Birmingham raid uncovered a Fenian nitro glycerine factory on Ledsam Street Ladywood with explosive apparatus and fumes concealed. Whitehead, an Irish American, was seized. police say the site is a central explosives factory. Additional arrests followed in London and Lambeth as authorities probe a broader incendiary conspiracy.
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Peru
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Servia
Birmingham
Eng
Whitehead
London
Dalton
United States
Windsor
Newry
Ireland
Prince Bismarck
Financial Department of Government
Tur
Canada
Parnell
Philadelphia
Ottawa
Can
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Carrys
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Corky
Liverpool
St. ‘Petersburg
Sth
Majlath Vor
Hungarian Court of Cassation
Candida
Rideau
Brussels
Ennis
Kirton
England
Bernard “Gallagher
Glasgow
America
Norman
Gallagher
Ansbaughe
Thames
Hamburg
House of Commons
House of Lords
Gladstone
Great Britain
Manitoba
Dominion
Czarina
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Phoenix Park
Dublin
Brady
Brewaxawam
Ledsam Street
Ladywood
City Prega
Irish Secret Service
Manchester
Fleet Street
Bow Street
Army
Woolwich
Lambeth
Southampton Street
Strand
Ormund
Wilson
Wolverhampton
Henry Dalton
Commons
William Harcourt
Home Secretary
Teal Government Board
Westminster
Multiple Events Of Turbulence Dominated News Item
A mash of 19th century incidents reports: slaves sold in Tangiers, a Texas jail break with recapture, the U S Treasury accepting Hawaiian coinage terms, a Milwaukee jury for the Newhall House fire that killed over eighty, Keelridge mine collapse with fatalities, a mob lynching of a confessed murderer in Atlanta, dynamite conspirator bill gaining royal sanction, a Rochester building collapse injuring workers, a Cincinnati cigar workers strike, Upper Mississippi navigation opening to Lake Pepin, 1606 personal crisis reports, Georgia Democratic Convention five ballots for governor, Westminster blaze damaging dwellings and a church, and a Boston mayoral reception amid arrest rumors.
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Tangiers
Tarrant County
Texas
Treasury Department
Washington
San Francisco
Milwaukee
George Scheller
Newhall House
Keelridge
Menominee Range
Atlanta
Rochester
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Lake Pepin
United States
Georgia
A. C. Bacon
James
Boynton
Eixteen
Westminster
Baltimore
Boston
Panhandle Texas lands sold to London syndicate for 10 million
April reports claim the Panhandle of Texas, a 3,000,000 acre tract, was sold to a London syndicate for 10 million dollars. The sale, confirmed by Congressman C. B. Farwell, followed earlier transfers to Farwell and partners to fund a state capitol. A. W. Stretpow named Justice of the Arizona Superior Court.
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Indian Territory
Chicago
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John V. Farwell
Abner Taylor
A. C. Babcock
World of
England
America
London
Farwell
Bank of ‘England
A.W. Stretpow
The
Superior Court of
Arizona
Contested Speakership Split in Democratic State
A Democratic power struggle centers on securing New York House support for Randall as Speaker. Carlisle advocates deeper tariff reform and reform-minded Democrats back his bid. The fight hinges on party factions, business interests, and national implications for the coming Congress.
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Randall
Carlisle
Congress
Democratic Party
Con
South
North
West
Republican Party
Paul
N. S. Times
Funeral of the Late Peter Cooper in New York
Funeral in New York April drew large crowds with seats filled and many standing. Reverends Collyer Crosby and Peters spoke. remains taken to Greenwood Cemetery. bells tolled as procession moved to ferry. body to be interred next week. Also notes on growing fears of U S retaliation over pork import policies and Wisconsin Legislature spending of 107725 dollars.
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Loxpow
Jenning
New York World
London
Kingdom
Tweed
United States
Dynamite Party
New York
House of Commons
Peter Cooper
Robert Collyer
Howard Crosby
Thomas M. Peters
Collyer
Crosby
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Cooper
State Department
Congress
Austria
France
Italy
Spain
Ussia
Ture Key
Norway
Mexico
Japan
Morocco
Ice
Peru
Guatemala
East, Indies
Cuba
Porto Rico
United
Late Postmaster General Howe Dies in Wisconsin
The Honorable Timothy 0 Howe of Wisconsin, Postmaster General in President Arthur's Cabinet, died at Kenosha yesterday. A circuit judge for nine years, he served in the U.S. Senate during and after the Civil War and backed Lincoln's war measures and opposing reconstruction. A Whig by birth, Howe helped found the Republican Party in 1852 and consistently favored conservative governance. He opposed ultra state rights and fought political heresy as Wisconsin’s Legislature later repealed related resolutions.
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United States Senate
Wisconsin
Senate of
United States
Lincoln
Union
Timothy C. Howe
Senator Browning
Ilinois
Republic
Mr. Howe
Senate
Mr. Browning
Washington
Madison
James R. Doolittle
Matt H. Carpenter
Carpenter
Chicago Journal
Timothy 0. Howe
Arthur
Kenosha
Hi ‘Ears
Con
Andrew John
Judge Howe
Ju Howe
Supreme Court of Isconsin
Booth
Tilden as a School Master Spelling Lesson Satire
The New York Tribune prints a mock classroom exercise with S J Tilden as teacher. Pupils spell Reform Rights Grover Democracy and other terms while Tilden quips on parliamentary law civil service reform and anti monopoly. The piece lampoons spelling reform and political discourse with names and dialogue, ending with notes on a straw-papery inventor in Chicago.
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New York Tribune
Ybany
S.J. Tilden
M. A
Sacher
Tilden
Senate
Assembly
Sprague-Bliss
Ilden
Aarp
Grover
Neveland
Davy
Elmira
Capitol
Rise
Master Bliss
New York
Henry
Frank
Johnny Jacobs
Tommy Srady
Johnny
Tommy
Tim Campbell
Tim
Tezeunt Omnes
Lee
Chicago
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